Joann Gore's 9 point Whitetail

Just a few lines to let you know about how I felt getting my 9 point whitetail..


I got to the stand about 6:15-6:30am….just set and enjoyed the sounds of nature until day break…feeder went off at 7:00am…at 7:30am after not seeing anything but a few red birds…I was getting antsy sitting in the blind knowing that the rest of the guys were gonna be hunting until after 9:00am, when all of a sudden down the fence line (wrong side) came a beautiful doe…I was waiting for her to jump the fence when all of a sudden out walks a big ole buck! My heart was pounding so fast….I just knew he was gonna run away or that he wouldn’t come to the feeder…when all of a sudden he jumped across, came straight to the feeder, looked around, bent down to start eating…but then looked up again like he had heard something…I hadn’t even moved to pick up my gun yet….he moved over a little bit….I slowly lifted my gun…he turned opposite of the doe, turned sideways and looked right at me! That’s when I took my shoot! Dropped him right there! He never moved a muscle!! It was the most tremendous feeling ever!!

Then…I remembered…nobody was gonna be there for another hour and a half and the only way back to camp was past all their blinds! I wanted somebody to know…and, NOW!!! So…I text’d everyone in my phone book!!!! My heart still races when I talk about it!!

When the guys found out…they just kept saying, “You’re the man, Joann”! It was AWESOME!!!!

I can’t wait to get my shoulder mount done and back!!! I’m hanging it in my office at work!!!